#include<bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; int main(){ int n;cin>>n; int a[n+1]; int sum=1; for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){ cin>>a[i]; } int dir; for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){ if(i==1){ if(a[i+1]>a[i]){ dir=1; } else{ dir=2; } } if(i==n){ break; /* if(dir==1){ if(a[i-1]<a[i]) sum++; } if(dir==2){ if(a[i-1]>a[i]) sum++; } */ } if(dir==1){ if(a[i+1]>a[i]) { sum++; dir=2; } else continue; } else{ if(a[i+1]<a[i]){ sum++; dir=1; } else continue; } } cout<<sum; }